https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199209 An order issuing process in a criminal complaint is not a purely interlocutory order under Section 397(2) CrPC because it affects the accused's right to face trial; it is an intermediate or quasi-final order and remains open to revisional scrutiny. Applying that principle, the Sessions Judge had jurisdiction to interfere. On the defamation issue, a complaint made in good faith to a superior authority about a subordinate's conduct was protected by Exception 8 to Section 499 IPC, and the materials did not disclose a sustainable offence of defamation. The High Court's order was set aside, the revisional order was restored, and the criminal proceeding was quashed. en-us Thu, 11 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 22 Feb 2018 18:16:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199209 An order issuing process in a criminal complaint is not a purely interlocutory order under Section 397(2) CrPC because it affects the accused's right to face trial; it is an intermediate or quasi-final order and remains open to revisional scrutiny. Applying that principle, the Sessions Judge had jurisdiction to interfere. On the defamation issue, a complaint made in good faith to a superior authority about a subordinate's conduct was protected by Exception 8 to Section 499 IPC, and the materials did not disclose a sustainable offence of defamation. The High Court's order was set aside, the revisional order was restored, and the criminal proceeding was quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 11 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199209